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“Confidence is returning to the Brisbane inner city apartment market as vacancy tightens and developers start planning new projects.

RENTS are expected to rise as the Brisbane inner city apartment market continues to tighten with oversupply hitting its peak four years ago.

According to JLL’s latest 4Q 2019 Residential Apartment Market Report … Read More

“Australia’s housing market looks set to make a full recovery by April after reaching its bottom last year, with the latest market research showing owner-occupiers lead the charge.

National dwelling values bottomed out 8.4 per cent below their peak in June 2019, with the market since recovering 6.7 … Read More

The CEO of Starr Partners has highlighted the top 12 trends he expects to play out in property for the 2020 calendar year.

According to Doug Driscoll, 2020 will see several political and economic factors that will continue to impact Sydney’s property market.

The first, he said, will see “property owners continue to … Read More

“The number of new listings being added to the combined capitals housing market has seen a hefty 44% rise from the depths of the winter slowdown in early July through to the first week of October, however that hasn’t been enough to push fresh listing numbers in line with previous … Read More

A new report has shown that consumers think now is the time to buy a house and expect modest house price increases, despite general ill feelings about the economy.

The Westpac sentiment survey reported a “disappointing” drop in general consumer sentiment and a less enthusiastic than … Read More

The final royal commission report released on the 1 February 2019 has unveiled 76 recommendations made by Justice Hayne, with the Government committing to take action on each of them. Several recommendations deal with conflicts of interest or conflicts between duty and interest and that the law should … Read More

Australia’s property markets have been categorised by uncertainty for the last 18 months. The markets of Sydney and Melbourne continue to deteriorate, all while the fundamentals are now aligning for the Brisbane unit market; with early signs of improvement in a number of key fundamentals, and promising projections … Read More

The Reserve Bank of Australia has made a surprising admission that the crackdown on housing lending could crunch the economy, in what could be a hint that the bank will loosen up rules on investor lending.

By now, house price falls are part of the furniture. The price of an average … Read More

The latest numbers are in – not only is the housing market downturn across Australia well underway, but the rate of decline is accelerating.

Sydney saw a steep drop over the quarter, with the median house price down 3.1 per cent ($36,000), the latest Domain House Price Report shows.

Melbourne’s median house … Read More

Brisbane in SEQ is becoming one of the hottest real estate markets in Australia.  The booming economy and up and coming nightlife make it ideal for investment.  The coming years are going to see the demand for Brisbane real estate sky-rocket but you don’t want to … Read More